Matt Molnar
2007-03-04, 01:22 AM
On his "Real Time" show on HBO Friday night, Bill Maher expressed the opinion that the world would be a better place today if the bomber who tried to kill the Vice President of the United States last week had succeeded. While discussing comments about the failed attempt which appeared on the liberal "Huffington Post" blog with right-leaning MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, U.S. Senator Barney Frank, and Huffington Post contributor John Ridley, the following exchange occurred:
NewsBusters.org (http://newsbusters.org/stories/maher_sorry_cheney_assasination_attempt_failed.htm l):
Ridley: It’s one thing to say you hate Dick Cheney, which applies to his politics. It’s another thing to say, “I’m sorry he didn’t die in an explosion." And I think, you know…
Maher: But you should be able to say it. And by the way...
Frank: Excuse me, Bill, but can I ask you a question? Do you decide what the topics are for this show?
Maher: Yeah, I decide the topics, they don’t go there.
Frank: But you exercise control over the show the way that she does over her blog.
Maher: But I have zero doubt that if Dick Cheney was not in power, people wouldn’t be dying needlessly tomorrow. (applause)
Scarborough: If someone on this panel said that they wished that Dick Cheney had been blown up, and you didn’t say…
Frank: I think he did.
Scarborough: Okay. Did you say…
Maher: No, no. I quoted that.
Frank: You don’t believe that?
Maher: I’m just saying if he did die, other people, more people would live. That’s a fact.
I knew it was only a matter of time until a well-known liberal said something like this. I'm actually a little surprised it took this long.
NewsBusters.org (http://newsbusters.org/stories/maher_sorry_cheney_assasination_attempt_failed.htm l):
Ridley: It’s one thing to say you hate Dick Cheney, which applies to his politics. It’s another thing to say, “I’m sorry he didn’t die in an explosion." And I think, you know…
Maher: But you should be able to say it. And by the way...
Frank: Excuse me, Bill, but can I ask you a question? Do you decide what the topics are for this show?
Maher: Yeah, I decide the topics, they don’t go there.
Frank: But you exercise control over the show the way that she does over her blog.
Maher: But I have zero doubt that if Dick Cheney was not in power, people wouldn’t be dying needlessly tomorrow. (applause)
Scarborough: If someone on this panel said that they wished that Dick Cheney had been blown up, and you didn’t say…
Frank: I think he did.
Scarborough: Okay. Did you say…
Maher: No, no. I quoted that.
Frank: You don’t believe that?
Maher: I’m just saying if he did die, other people, more people would live. That’s a fact.
I knew it was only a matter of time until a well-known liberal said something like this. I'm actually a little surprised it took this long.